दक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬤᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
দক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ဒက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
દક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਦਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ದಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
ទក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ທກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
ദക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଦକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢣꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
දක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
த³க்ஷதே (Tamil script)
దక్షతే (Telugu script)
ทกฺษเต (Thai script)
ད་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (“right side, dexter”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek δεξῐός (dexĭós, “right(hand), fortunate, able”), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right(side)”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́k.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

दक्षते • (dákṣate) third-singular indicative (root दक्ष्)

to be able or strong
to grow, increase
to act quickly

Conjugation

Present: दक्षते (dákṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्षते dákṣate	दक्षेते dákṣete	दक्षन्ते dákṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्षसे dákṣase	दक्षेथे dákṣethe	दक्षध्वे dákṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षे dákṣe	दक्षावहे dákṣāvahe	दक्षामहे dákṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्षताम् dákṣatām	दक्षेताम् dákṣetām	दक्षन्ताम् dákṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्षस्व dákṣasva	दक्षेथाम् dákṣethām	दक्षध्वम् dákṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षै dákṣai	दक्षावहै dákṣāvahai	दक्षामहै dákṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्षेत dákṣeta	दक्षेयाताम् dákṣeyātām	दक्षेरन् dákṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्षेथाः dákṣethāḥ	दक्षेयाथाम् dákṣeyāthām	दक्षेध्वम् dákṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षेय dákṣeya	दक्षेवहि dákṣevahi	दक्षेमहि dákṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्षाते / दक्षातै dákṣāte / dákṣātai	दक्षैते dákṣaite	दक्षन्त / दक्षान्तै dákṣanta / dákṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्षासे / दक्षासै dákṣāse / dákṣāsai	दक्षैथे dákṣaithe	दक्षाध्वै dákṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षै dákṣai	दक्षावहै dákṣāvahai	दक्षामहै dákṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			दक्षमाण dákṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अदक्षत् (adakṣat), अदक्षत (adakṣata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अदक्षत् adakṣat	अदक्षताम् adakṣatām	अदक्षन् adakṣan	अदक्षत adakṣata	अदक्षेताम् adakṣetām	अदक्षन्त adakṣanta
Second	अदक्षः adakṣaḥ	अदक्षतम् adakṣatam	अदक्षत adakṣata	अदक्षथाः adakṣathāḥ	अदक्षेथाम् adakṣethām	अदक्षध्वम् adakṣadhvam
First	अदक्षम् adakṣam	अदक्षाव adakṣāva	अदक्षाम adakṣāma	अदक्षे adakṣe	अदक्षावहि adakṣāvahi	अदक्षामहि adakṣāmahi

References

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Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दक्षते”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 069
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दक्षते”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

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